Reykjavik –
English 1-0 win over Iceland in the group stage A2 UEFA Nations League 2020/21. Even so, manager Gareth Southgate keep grumbling after the game.
In Laugardalsvöllur, Saturday (5/9), the British appearance was nothing special. The Three Lions have just secured victory in the final minutes of the match through Raheem Sterling’s penalty.
They were even close to a draw if Birkir Bjarnason’s penalty in injury time did not soar far. Besides, a red card Kyle Walker after receiving two yellow cards to make it difficult for England to lock the match faster.
“The lesson that can be taken is about the red card. We can’t make tackles like that. Kyle has apologized in the dressing room but what he did make it difficult for us to win, “said Southgate after the match, as quoted by The Guardian.
“Then we threatened ourselves again after winning, in the same way (penalty), that’s also a lesson for us. We were not under pressure at that time, and we easily gave them a penalty.”
“That’s a little flaw of this victory. Going forward, we have to focus more tactically and psychologically, especially when we were 1-0 up in the dying minutes.”
“If we manage to score a penalty in the last minute and that’s the end of the game, then we will talk about the great performance of our team at the moment. But we won after awarding the penalty to the opponent, so now it feels like we have just been released from prison,” he said. gaffer that 50 years.
Furthermore, England will meet Denmark in Copenhagen, Wednesday (9/9) at 01.45 WIB.
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